Things to Do in Beverly Hills and the Westside
Rodeo Drive, hilltop art museums and Museum Row on Wilshire Boulevard.
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Beverly Hills is its own small city, completely surrounded by Los Angeles, and it lives up to its reputation for wealth. Rodeo Drive and the streets around it are lined with luxury boutiques, and the pink Beverly Hills Hotel has been a celebrity retreat since 1912. The residential streets north of Sunset Boulevard are where the open-air celebrity home tours roll past high hedges and gated driveways. For a quieter look at old money, Greystone Mansion and its gardens are owned by the city and open to the public.
The Westside is also where Los Angeles keeps much of its art. The Getty Center, on a hilltop in Brentwood reached by a short tram ride, pairs a collection of European paintings, drawings and photographs with travertine buildings, a garden designed as a work of art and views from the mountains to the ocean. Admission is free, with a fee for parking.
A few miles east, Wilshire Boulevard's Museum Row is the densest cluster of museums in the city. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the western United States, and its forest of restored street lamps, Chris Burden's Urban Light, is one of the most photographed spots in town. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, opened in 2021, explores the history and craft of moviemaking under a glass dome. Next door, the La Brea Tar Pits still bubble with asphalt that trapped mammoths and saber-toothed cats, now shown in the adjoining museum, and the Petersen Automotive Museum's red-and-steel facade holds hundreds of cars.
Nearby, the Original Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax has been feeding Angelenos since 1934, with the outdoor Grove shopping center next door. Farther west, Westwood is home to UCLA, and Culver City, with Sony Pictures Studios, has grown into a lively dining district.
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Three blocks of luxury fashion houses, plus the cobbled Via Rodeo lane at the south end.
European art, gardens and city views on a hilltop campus; free admission with paid parking.
An encyclopedic museum on Wilshire Boulevard, home of the Urban Light lamp-post sculpture.
The film academy's museum of movie history, costumes and props, with a dome-topped theater.
Active asphalt seeps and a museum of Ice Age fossils recovered from them, in Hancock Park.
A 1934 market of produce stands, bakeries and food stalls next to The Grove.
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Is the Getty Center free?
Yes. Admission to the Getty Center is free; you pay only for parking, and the museum can be reached by public bus. A tram carries visitors from the parking structure up the hill.
Are celebrity home tours worth it?
They are a fun way to see Beverly Hills, Bel Air and the Hollywood Hills without driving, and guides point out film locations along the way. Do not expect to see celebrities; most homes are behind gates and hedges.
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